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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
6
A lengthy Baptist meeting in Newport News drew Rev Moody and Henrietta to preaching with crowds in attendance. Local social life included a musical at the Gossett home by Mr and Mrs W J Gossett with Rythm Rimers and Leatherwood boys as the entertainers.
The Newport Rhythm Kimers head to Taylor Saturday night to perform at a carnival and ice cream supper. W. F. Higgs has recovered from a recent accident and is back in town though still a bit sore. He bought a new V8 truck after his previous vehicle was demolished in the wreck.
Mr and Mrs Jim Pickett and their children from Deer Creek visited relatives here for the weekend. The trip highlighted family gathering in the local community.
The revival led by Rev. A. G. Ward of Caddo Oklahoma will end Friday night August 7. Attendees have thronged the meetings and four souls have joined the church. Ward plans to depart for Fruitland to start a revival there Saturday night.
Carnival Saturday night August 8 features Newport Band boys Walls Quartette a one act negro minstrel and a pupil group reading. Fred Lurber Melba Culp Cresawell perform songs and whistling with a door prize to follow. Free program starts 8 20 PM everyone invited.
Mr and Mrs T LHL McGregorys and family of Temple Texas were visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs 8 T Bailey. Mrs Davie Travis returns to Wink after a week with Mrs Robert Allen and family. Zelder Hill announces the arrival of a baby boy Monday August 3 Mother and baby doing nicely. Mrs J P D Phillips of Fort Worth visited Tay lor friends Sunday. Attending services Sunday night were Faucett and family Brushy T H McGregory and family Temple Mr and Mrs John Jackson Bowie Mrs Ben Mabonald Vashti St John and two children Sunset visited her parents Joe Rich Mrs Root Cridell and Mrs Tendenlith Dallas spent the weekend with Henry Huths.
John S. Farnsworth a former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy was arrested in Washington by government agents on charges of selling confidential naval information to Japan. He was court martialed in 1927 and dismissed from the service.
Harry Lee Sullenger spent the weekend at Selma visiting Harry Thomas Denman. Rev. and Mrs. A L Eubanks and Rev A J Ward were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Scroggins. A Leona and Hastings Oklahoma family visited Mr and Mrs J L Oliver. Remember the ice cream supper and carnival Saturday night August 8. Mrs J L Marlette visiting son and family, Esker Bakman guests of J W Rhyne’s family.
The Salona girls 4-H club met August 4 1986 at Mabron Allen home. Plans were made for Achievement Day at Mabron Allen's on September 15 1986 and the next meeting set for September 1 1986. Present were Mabrou Allen Pauline Holt Mary Lou Booze LaVerne Vassar Alva Dean Lake Karline Shaw and sponsor Mrs W O Harnden.
A message to Montague County citizens from Lee Wolcomb thanking voters for nominating him for Tax Assessor-Collector. He pledges faithful service, asks for cooperation, and notes deputies will assist in handling tax matters for the office and the county.
Chas. E. Cox expresses gratitude to Montague County voters for primary support and pledges to run the District Clerk's office to their satisfaction. A separate note mentions Walter Good obtaining a marriage license in Three Rivers Michigan. The French liner Normandie consumes about 80 000 barrels of oil per round trip and has 29 boilers for propulsion.
An advertisement for Adlerika by G. O. Slaughter and FE H Medley Drugists in Forestburg cautions that stomach gas on the right side can affect heart and promotes one dose to relieve gas and allow a full night’s sleep.
Pleasant Ridge social column records visits among residents on weekends and weekdays. Mrs. W H Rhyne hosted relatives, Dauline Reeves traveled to see her daughter, and families including Culberhouse, Price, Hill, Reeves, Nunly, McLendon, and Birdwell were mentioned visiting each other in Bowie and nearby towns. WANTED: Rain in this community as it remains hot and dry.
Former residents and locals gather for Wichita Falls Centennial events from August 28 to August 30. A Texas party with chuck wagon dinner, two big parades honoring pioneer dress and gear, and a Western rodeo directed by Buck Owens will offer broncho busting calf roping wild steer riding bull dogging and outlaw horses from Nebraska Wyoming and Texas. The rodeo runs three afternoons and two nights at the six thousand seat ball park with plans to attract state and out-of-state visitors.
Mrs. Sam Jones, Montague Home Demonstration Club food supply demonstrator, describes a dug cellar pantry with 24 feet of painted shelves 101% inches apart. She plans a 31 inch tier on each side to store roughly 200 quarts from her garden including greens beets English peas beans cucumbers kraut berries apples and jellies. Ms Ivins notes fall garden plans and aims to finish canning budget once rains arrive.
Mrs J W Lawler, co operator club, reports from about 3000 tomato plants she has canned 108 quarts and served the produce twice daily for a month. She credits wilt resistant varieties, early planting in April, and root fertilization for her unusual success amid the year's handicaps.
Mrs Ernest states the plan to create another work modeled on the first, signaling similar design and purpose. The remark implies replication of established features and outcomes.
Cunningham and Mrs. Cunningham discuss a candlewick bedspread that won first prize at the Montagne County Demonstration Council exhibit. The design features diagonally running groups of three lines and careful stitching to three eighths of an inch. The finished piece used unbleached domestic and natural tufting yarn at a total cost of $1.95.
Weather officials in Washington estimate this July may be the hottest spell in U S history with 31 of under 200 stations reporting new highs in states from New York to South Dakota. The all time U S peak stands at 199 degrees in Wishek North Dakota a 1913 Death Valley record remains world best at 136 degrees Tripoli.
A historical report cites that forty percent of all gasoline consumed by motor vehicles is used by trucks and buses, indicating heavier loads and route patterns driving energy demand.
Texas legislative joint resolution proposes adding a section to Article 3 to authorize state employees' workmen's compensation insurance and to fund premiums while prohibiting state purchase of such insurance, with public notice and election set for November 1936 and a $5,000 appropriation for publication and election costs.
The report notes that about 1,200,000 tractors are in use on farms and run on gasoline with lubricating oil. It highlights the scale of farm mechanization and the dependence on standard fuels and lubricants for agricultural productivity.
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